IN MEMORY 
REV. J. E. MURPHY 
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE 
April 17,1961 
FUNERAL SERVICES 
APRIL 23, 1961 
2:00 P. M. 
ST. JOHN BAPTIST CHURCH 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA 
HISTORICAL SKETCH 
Rev. J. E. Murphy was born December 15, 1870 in Robert- 
ville, S. C., to the late John and Percilla Murphy. He was join- 
ed in Holy Matrimony to Miss Mariha Morgan March 12, 1893. 
Two children were born: Louanna Murphy Young and Eu- 
gene Joseph Murphy, Sr. Adopted Daughters: Elloise Murphy, 
Pearl Sims and Anna Houston. 
Five Grandchildren; twenty-two Great-grandchildren and 
one Great-great-grandchild. 
Several Nieces and Nephews. 
PROGRAM 
 
Selection ... Choir and Audience 
Invocation 
Scripture 
Solo ............................ Mrs. Emma D. Lovett 
2 Minutes On Rev. J. E. Murphy 
Remarks ................................. S. J. Harper 
As A ChurchIVorker ..............j.......... Tiny Gay 
Selection .................... Choir 
As A Friend And Neighbor ........ Mode<;5Ltor T. J. Lynch 
Masonic Rites Conducted By ........ R. W. Henley, W. M. 
Condolance  Obituary ............. Mrs. M. L. Echols 
Eulogy ................................ Rev. N. L. Lyde 
Brunswick, Georgia 
_ and S. L. Lee, Claxton, Georgia 
PALLBEARERS 
Masonic Brothers of St. Joseph Lodge No. 76 
HONORARY PALLBEARERS 
Deacons of New Bethel Baptist 
Roscoe Smith 
T. Gay 
Sunny Oglesby 
Church 
Troy Mincy 
R. S. Lovett 
Fenton Crosby 
HARPER FUNERAL HOME 
CLAXTON, GEORGIA